Food and drink · County · Colorado
Sit-down restaurants in Delta County, CO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Delta County, CO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,964 of 2,405 scored counties
#26 of 37 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 72
- 12 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 29
- −27.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $42.9M
- On food away from home · $3,307 a household
- Spending per listing
- $595K
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 55.6
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 32,178
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Delta County is 32 (lower middle), #1,964 of 2,405 scored counties and #26 of 37 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 72 sit-down restaurants in Delta County. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 55.6 for every 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Households in Delta County spend about $42.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,307 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $595K per restaurant, 10% below the U.S. figure of $664K. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Delta County was 29 in 2023, down 27.5% from 2019. That is one for every 447 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Delta County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Delta County compares
The same measures for Colorado and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the sit-down restaurants counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Delta County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 55.6 | 61.8 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $595K | $716K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 447 | 468 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −27.5% | −1.7% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,307 | $4,421 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $57,774 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 40 → 29−27.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 303
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7212 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 65The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Delta County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Delta County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 32,178+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 12,959
- Median age
- 48.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,142 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 28
- Median household income
- $57,774+27.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,675
- Median home value
- $343,200
- Jobs located here
- 8,348
- Daytime population
- 28,846Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Elbert County, CO | 95 | 17 | 17.0 | $3.1M | +16.5% | #3 of 2,405 |
| 2Douglas County, CO | 88 | 607 | 43.4 | $1.3M | +10.9% | #38 of 2,405 |
| 3Park County, CO | 86 | 32 | 35.6 | $1.2M | +5.1% | #53 of 2,405 |
| 4Weld County, CO | 86 | 509 | 41.0 | $1.1M | +14.2% | #56 of 2,405 |
| 5Broomfield County, CO | 77 | 160 | 50.4 | $1M | +6.3% | #194 of 2,405 |
| 6Adams County, CO | 77 | 977 | 51.8 | $836K | +6.6% | #205 of 2,405 |
| 7Mesa County, CO | 68 | 287 | 43.6 | $859K | +4.4% | #437 of 2,405 |
| 8El Paso County, CO | 65 | 1,556 | 53.6 | $794K | +3.2% | #540 of 2,405 |
| 9Larimer County, CO | 64 | 845 | 54.8 | $792K | +4.8% | #575 of 2,405 |
| 10Jefferson County, CO | 61 | 1,234 | 51.0 | $936K | −0.5% | #696 of 2,405 |
| 26Delta County, CO | 32 | 72 | 55.6 | $595K | +3.6% | #1,964 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Delta County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes30
- Sit-down restaurants32
- Fast food and sandwich shops69
- Pizza51
- Coffee shops and cafes27
- Bakeries and dessert shops27
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Delta County, CO?
Delta County has 72 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 12 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 27.5% from 2019. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Delta County, CO spend on food away from home?
About $42.9M a year, or $3,307 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 72 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $595K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,959 households in Delta County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Delta County, CO compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Delta County has 55.6 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $595K, 10% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Delta County would have about 65, against 72 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 447 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 27.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Delta County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Delta County at 32,178 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,959 households. The median household income in Delta County is $57,774 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.6% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Delta County scores 32 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,964 of 2,405 scored counties.
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